patients under intensive treatment (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Two more deaths related to COVID-19 with underlying health
conditions were announced on July 12 evening, both in southern Dong Thap province.
The
new fatalities brought throughout the pandemic to 125, said
the Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19
Prevention and Control.
One
of the deceased was a 78-year-old woman from Sa Dec city. She suffered from
gastrointestinal infections, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease and liver
cancer.
She
was treated in Sa Dec General Hospital in the province and died on July 9.
Her
cause of death was recorded as septic shock in a patient with severe pneumonia,
end-stage chronic kidney disease, liver cancer and SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The
second death was a 63-year-old woman from the province’s Chau Thanh district.
Her
medical history included stage 5 chronic renal failure, hypertension, type 2
diabetes and Cushing’s syndrome.
She
was also treated in the Sa Dec General Hospital and also died on July 9.
Her
cause of death was recorded as severe pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection
complicated by progressive respiratory failure in a patient with end-stage
chronic renal failure and type 2 diabetes./.
Source: VietnamPlus
